Caption: Planning Report - Future of International Programs (1968)
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7 Institute for International Agricultural Extension cooperative Extension Service of the Colli t g r i c i t a \>mV strain extension workers from other countries and to i kn , | . edge and skills in extension methods, The objc* iiv. would be I < Hrrate the rate at which food producers use new methods. The 8. Rurban Educational Development Laboratory This new unit of the Department of Vocational and Te< hnical Education in the College of Education was established in l%7. [f provid< oppoi tunities for research related to education in rural and small town ai as. While activities are currently limited to Illinois communities, Laboratory stall* plan simil work in conn< tion with planned Colic e of Kducation projects abroad. H. STAFF One of the major functions of the area studies center it was pointed out is their encouragement and assistance to departments, specially in the social sciences, in obtaining staff with international interests. Their reports specify in detail the various departments in the Coll :e of L i b a] Ai and Sciences and professional colleges where appointments n< to be made if there is to be adequate breadth and expansion of existing area studies programs. Several professional colleges (e .. Agriculture, 1.duration) report that new emphasis is being placed on international experience and interest as a criteria in stall selection. I. LIBRARY RESOURCES A decade ago Library acquisition policy was geared primarily I West< n terms received some attention. Since then the Library has pursued an . rive acquisitions program in other areas of the world with the encouragement and support of the area studies centers. This change in policy repi entS hifts in University interests, since the Library considers itself a service anization supporting and reacting to faculty interests and needs. 1 ibrary participation in such cooperative plans as the Latin-Anieri m i prative Acquisition Plan, the Farmington Plan. Public Law 480. and other nati ial acquisition schemes helps ,ake the I'niventa Libran a ional resource." While thiseiv.-s the Universit) sir.-ni.tli in attractin federal fund and outstanding scholars, it also adds to its Milne.ahilitx in that acquisitions and of money." iff depend upon the precarious financial base Three coll < ommuniralions, Education, and Lav in addition ' " '' Indies,.ntei and the African Studies Committee, spe ill) mention maki. sp<< ial efforts to aid the Librai) In inn .sin the acqui 3H
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